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Effects of Exogenous Phytohormones on Spore Germination and Morphogenesis of Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth Gametophyte in vitro Culture

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The effects of exogenous phytohormones–gibberellic acid (GA3) and benzyl-aminopurine (BAP)–on the spore germination and morphogenesis of Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth gametophyte in vitro culture were studied. In the control, four stages of gametophyte morphogenesis were determined and their periods were established. Spore germination and protonema formation of P. aculeatum occurred according to the Vittaria-type and prothalium development according to the Aspidium-type. The spore germination percentage depended on the storage time duration. It was found that 80–95% of freshly collected spores germinated. Spore viability was within the range of 68–95% after 4–6-month storage under lab conditions and did not exceed 20% after 1.5 year of the storage period. High concentrations of exogenous GA3 (10–5 and 10–6 M) and BAP (10–5 M) significantly inhibited spore germination, whereas low concentrations (GA3 10–7–10–8 M) had an insignificant stimulating effect or did not affect germination at all (BAP 10–6, 10–7, 10–8 M). All concentrations of exogenous BAP were demonstrated to inhibit the development of P. aculeatum gametophyte at the protonema stage, which might be due to the removal of apical dominance. The inhibiting effect directly depended on BAP concentrations. The formation of abnormal thalli of the P. aculeatum gametophyte in the response to exogenous GA3 treatments occurred as a result of impairment of cell growth by elongation. A direct interrelationship between GA3 concentrations and level of morphological abnormalities and grade of thalli underdevelopment was demonstrated.

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Original Ukrainian Text © L.M. Babenko, K.O. Romanenko, M.M. Shcherbatiuk, O.V. Vasheka, P.O. Romanenko, V.A. Negretsky, I.V. Kosakivska, 2018, published in Tsitologiya i Genetika, 2018, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 39–50.

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Babenko, L.M., Romanenko, K.O., Shcherbatiuk, M.M. et al. Effects of Exogenous Phytohormones on Spore Germination and Morphogenesis of Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth Gametophyte in vitro Culture. Cytol. Genet. 52, 117–126 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0095452718020032

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